Hoover the tiger finds 'forever home' in Tampa and other top stories.

• Hoover the tiger finds 'forever home' in Tampa

  

  TAMPA — After nearly a decade in captivity and being forced to work in a roadside Peruvian circus, Hoover the tiger arrived in Tampa on Saturday morning, just in time to celebrate his 12th birthday. Hoover was rescued in April 2015 by Animal Defenders International, several years after the Peruvian government banned the use of tigers in circuses. In order to avoid the regulation, Hoover’s owners went underground to keep the animal until a tip finally led to their discovery. After a year of reco..

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• 2016 NFL Draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers could stay in state with No ...

  

  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have missed the NFL playoffs for the past eight seasons and won 12 games in the past three seasons. So the Bucs would seem to have a lot of holes to plug in next week's NFL Draft. But maybe Tampa Bay isn't as far away from turning the corner as might be assumed. Only four NFL teams gained more yards than the Bucs in 2015. Only nine teams gave up fewer yards than Tampa Bay last season. But the Buccaneers ranked just 20th in scoring and only six teams yielded more points..

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• Prep Baseball: Tampa Catholic tops Berkeley in district final

  

  TAMPA — Calvin Rucker’s tear through the Class 4A-District 4 tournament continued Friday night as the 6-foot-5, 240-pound Tampa Catholic junior came up with a big two-run single, hammered down the left-field line in the third inning to break a tie and help lead the Crusaders to a 7-4 district final win against Berkeley Prep. Rucker was 6-for-11 with six RBIs in the Crusaders’ three district tournament wins this week. Berkeley Prep (20-8) opened the scoring in the first as Spencer Myers double..

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• Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees game preview

  

  TV: FOX Sports Sun Time: Pregame coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. By the time Blake Snell takes the mound Saturday for his major league debut against the New York Yankees in the Bronx, it might be the calmest point of the previous 36 hours of his life. The 23-year-old with plenty of promise gets the ball for the Tampa Bay Rays in this matchup of AL East rivals. Snell was slated to start for Triple-A Durham on Friday, but those plans changed when Saturday's scheduled starter - Erasmo Ramire..

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